Repeating toy airplane projector



Oct. 23, 1951 1.. I. VAALER ETAL 2,572,782

REPEATING TOY AIRPLANE PROJECTOR Filed Sept. 2'7, 1948 2 SHE.EITS SHEET 1 INVENTIOVRS L.]. V zaZe 7" fcfffayemo WQYM 224 5,

L. I. VAALER ET AL REFEATING TOY AIRPLANE PROJECTOR Oct. 23, 1951 2 SHEETSSHEET 2 Filed Sept. 27, 1948 I INVENTORfi L.[. VZzaZer fcffizyemo MQM Patented Oct. 23, 1951 UNITE 1 5mm antennae roe i jmrmivi zfi itoietfroit Larr-y 1-. Vaaler and time antigen-1b,. Y La Crosse, Wis. Application s awater 27, 191%; seen o. 31372 5 Claims. :1. This invention relates toto'ys'and more par ticularly to toy airplanes and an ejector therefor. An object of this invention is to provide an improved ejector of the repeater or magazine type by means of which toy airplanes of the glider type may be ejected with sufficient force to fly a substantial distance.

Another object of this invention is to 'provide a gun or ejector for toy airplanes having a magazine wherein a plurality of air-planes are posi ti'oned, and provided with means wherebyone plane may be shifted from the magazine to firing position, from which position the airplane may be ejected by means of a spring-pressed ejector which is held in 'charged 'or' ready position by means of a spring-pressed trigger.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toyof this kind which canb'e operated by-a small child, but will also provide a source of amusement for adults.

A further obict of this invention is to provide a toy airplane for use in a gun of the magazine type, which can be made out of light metal having a-rubber tip at the forward end "of the fuselage or body so that neither the airplane nor the object struck thereby will be injured;

With the above and other objects in view, our invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of constructlbn disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims In the drawings; I

Figure 1 is a plan view of a gun and airplane structure embodying this invention,

Figure 2 is a detail side elevation of the device,

Figure 3 isa-l'ongitudinal sectiontakenon the line 33 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a fragmentarysectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3,

Figure 6 is a fragmentarysectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates generally an elongated tubular barrel which is formed of a pair of transversely arcuate members II and I2, each formed at their upper portion with upwardlyext'ending .flanges l3 and M respectively, defining a channel or sl'ot I therebetween.

The barrel: members H and'l2 have extending I downwardly therefrom flanges 16 and t1 respeer tively; and thefiange l6 has disposed at its lower edge an elongated transversely V arcuate tube forming member 48 The flange 11 has extendlower-31; 7 v 1 A The magazine-22 also has extending down ing from 'lo'w'er e tube 'forini may airplane.

or tending -wings of sides '28 which are securedas at to the sidewalls 2 4. H M H The side wane 28 of the cover 27 are adapted to be releasably held with the cover 27 in closed position 453 ineans or eoiaelementary aetents- 30 forind onthe'cever wall 28 and the magazine The ne er or-"closure -21 -'l'ncl'ude's a'pair-of 'p wai-ily bffs et sp'aced apart-and parallel channel forming members 31 which the pair of rudders carried by the airplane, to Ice-hereinafter described, are adapted to loosely engage. These oifse pea-ma forming members 3| are openat forward ends so that the rudders or the airplane may readily move out of-th'e members-e I;

The (sever-0r closure 2 'l-i'nclud'es elongatedcombined cover and closure 32 which extends over the slot 15 and the cover extens on -32 is mime-a of an upper wall 33 and depending iengr- 7 mam-a1 flanges 34: The flanges 34 at their iear pbitiehs are cut away as indicated at -35; the purpose for which will be hereinafter described.

flanges-34 at their-lower edges are spaee'dfrom the'uppei' edges of the flanges l3 and -I'4;-- form ng aspaeees within which the wings of the airplane are adapted to slidab'ly ehgag;

magazine has disposed therein a spring:-

pressed follower ti which includesa pair er dependihg rose '38 re Slidt'll through bearings or guides 39 earriedby the bettoni walr- M'bi the iii igafiine 22. A spring 4! is disposed" about each rod 38-, being interposed between- 23 and the 61;

upper side of the bottom wan wara yanu rearwar'dly ther'eirom a hBl-IGwhandle' 42 by means of which the gun may beheld-in one hand. 7 The magazine '22 is adapted to have ll positioned therein a plurality-ofsuperpbseti 132% v. the a ea ne compi'e'ine' ai'y tube forming member flit,- Tl fe';

member-1s has extending em-tire mwer edge thereof a flange 20am the tube ferrit ing'ihernber- 19 has extendin from the lower airplanes generally designated as 43. Each air plane is formed of an elongated body or fuselage 44 which is formed with a longitudinal slot 45 extending rearwardly from the forward end of the body or fuselage 44 and opening through the rear end of the body.

A resilient or rubber nose 46 is secured to the forward end of the body or fuselage 44 so that the airplane or the object struck thereby will not be injured. The airplane also includes a pair of wings 41 secured across the body 44 adjacent the forward end of the slot 45. also includes a stabilizer 48 which is secured The airplane.

across the rear end of the slot 45, and the stabilizer 48 has extending upwardly from the opposite ends thereof a pair of rudders or vertical sta-.

bilizers 49. These rudders or vertical stabilizers 49 are adapted to engage in the lower sides'of the channel members 3|, as shown in Figure 4.,

In order to provide for the firing or ejecting of an airplane from the gun, we have provided an airplane shifting member 50. This shifting member 50 is constructed in the form of a straight rod 5| which is slidable through a bushing 52 carried by the rear wall 26 of the magazine, and the rod 5| is formed at its inner end with a head or enlargement 53 adapted to abut against the uppermost one of the airplanes disposed in the magazine 22. 3

.An airplane ejector or firing member 54 is disposed forwardly of the magazine 22, being slidably mounted within the barrel l and extending downwardly between the flanges l and I6 and terminating in a rearwardly extending right angular arm 55 having a trigger engaging lug 56 at its rear or inner end. The ejecting member 54 is adapted to be latchedin a firing position by means of a substantially L-shaped trigger 51 pivotally mounted-as at 58, between the flanges 26 and 2|. p g p The trigger 51 includes a bill 59 which is en-, gageable with the lug 56. The ejecting member 54 is placed under tension of a spring 66 disposed in the tube formed by the tube forming members l8 and i9 and the spring 66 is tensioned by means of an elongated combined ejec tor setting or tensioning member and ejector guide 6|. The guide 6| is slidable through the bushings 62 and 63 carried by the magazine 22 below the follower 31, and the forward end of the guide member 6| is provided with a head 64 bearing against the forward side of the ejector 54. p 3

At the time the airplanes are loaded into the magazine 22, the follower 31 is initially latched in the innermost and inoperative position by means of a latch 65 pivotally mounted as at 66 on the inner side of one side wall 24 of the magazine 2'2. The latch 65 engages through a keeper opening 61 formed in the follower 31 and the latch 65 includes a right angularly and outwardly extending extension or arm 63 which extends through an opening 69 formed in the adjacent wall 24 on the magazine.

An operator 16 is formed integral with the arm 68 projecting upwardly and angularly from the side 24 and a spring 1| is interposed between carried by said barrel and disposed forwardly of luppermost airplane from the magazine In the use and operation of this device, the airplanes 43 are loaded into the magazine 22 by raising the closure 21, and the extension 32. The follower at this time is manually pushed downwardly against the tension of the springs 4| on the rods 32 and latched in its innermost position by the latch member 65. When the desired number of airplanes 43 are placed in the magazine 22, the cover 21 andthe extension 32 is swung downwardly to a normal position, with the cover 21 closed and the extension 32 parallel with the flanges l3 and I4 of the barrel ID. The

uppermost airplane 43 is adapted to be shifted forwardly to the firing zone or position by pushing the shifter 56 forwardly, thereby moving the to a position where the inclined rear portion 15 of the extension 32 will move the airplane downwardly. toga position where the upper end of the ejector 54 will be disposed at the forward end of the slot 45 in the body 44.

The guide rod 6| at this time will be in its foremost position and theejector 54 may now bereleased for ejecting of the engaged airplane shown in dotted lines in Figure 3 by pressing the trigger 51.

tion will thereupon be quickly and forcibly moved forwardly with the body' 44 loosely passing through the slot |5 formed between the flanges l3 and E4. The ejector 54 is reset by pulling the guide member Gland ejector or shifter 5| rearwardly until the keeper lug 56 engages the bill 59 At this time the head 53 will of the trigger 51. be disposed at the rear end of the next succeeding airplane 43, which after complete rearward movement of the ejector 5| will be raised to the uppermost position by the spring-pressed follower 31. The airplanes hereinbefore described are adapted to be made out of relatively light :material such as aluminum or the like and by providing the magaz ne hereinbefore described with the ejecting means for ejecting the airplane from the magazine, a number of airplanes may be fired from the gun in fairly rapid succession;

We do not mean to confine ourselves to the exact details of construction herein disclosed but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claims. 7

What we claim is:.

1. A toy airplane gun comprising an elongated barrel having a longitudinal slot formed in the.

top thereof, a magazine at one end of said barrel, a cover hinged to said magazine and formed with a guide extension in spaced relation above said longitudinal slotya spring-pressed follower said magazine, a spring-pressed'trigger mounted in the gun and engageable with saidejector for holding the latter in firing position closely adjacent said magazine, a shifter member carried by said .lejector having an and disposed in said magazine and longitudinally movable therein for shifting .an airplane forwardly from said magazine to the firing position of said ejector whereby the latter upon release from said trigthe operator 1n and the adjacent side wall 24. I

ger will discharge said airplane from said barrel. 2

'2. A toy gun and airplane comprising an air- ,j plane formed of a lengthwise slotted fuselage, a pair of wings fixed to said fuselage, a tail fixed to the rear, of said fuselage, a. barrel formed with a lengthwise slot within which .saidfuselage is adapted to slidably'engage; a spring-loaded eJ'ec-' tor slidably disposedgingsaid barrel and having 1 aportion thereof projecting into said .slQt ofsaid;

The airplane in the firing zone or posi-" barrel to engage in said slotted portion of the fuselage, a magazine at the rear of said barrel having oppositely extended U-shaped outer side wall portions and adapted to receive a plurality of airplanes in superposed position, a springpressed follower in said magazine constantly urging said airplanes upwardly, means for moving the upper one of the airplanes in said magazine forwardly to a firing position engaging said ejector, and a trigger mounted in said gun for releasably holding said ejector in firing position.

3. A toy gun and airplane comprising an airplane formed of a lengthwise slotted fuselage, a pair of wings fixed to said fuselage, a tail fixed to the rear of said fuselage, a barrel formed with a lengthwise slot Within which said fuselage is adapted to slidably engage, a spring-loaded ejector slidably disposed in said barrel and having a portion thereof projecting into said slot of said barrel and engageable in said slotted portion of the fuselage, a magazine at the rear of said barrel having side wall extensions and adapted to receive a plurality of airplanes in superposed position, a spring-pressed follower in said magazine constantly urging said airplanes upwardly, means for moving the upper one of the airplanes in said magazine forwardly to a firing position engaging said ejector, said latter named means including combined ejector guide and ejectorloading means, and a trigger mounted in said gun for releasably holding said ejector in firing position.

4. A toy gun for discharging airplanes comprising an elongated barrel having a slot opening upwardly along the upper edge thereof, a magazine at one end of said barrel, a cover hinged to the top of said magazine, an elongated guide member fixed to said cover and extending over said barrel, a spring-pressed follower in said magazine constantly urging the airplanes upwardly, a combined airplane shifter and ejector guide having interconnected parallel members slidably carried by said magazine and barrel respectively, an ejector loosely carried by said ejector-guide and projecting into said slot, a spring about the guide portion of said shifter and ejector guide adapted to constantly urge said ejector forwardly, and means mounted in said gun for releasably latching said ejector in firing position.

5. A toy airplane gun comprising an elongated barrel, a magazine at one end of said barrel, a cover hinged to said magazine having a channeled guide extension extending forwardly of said magazine to overhang said barrel, a springpressed follower in said magazine, means mounted in said gun releasably latching said follower in a retracted position in said magazine, a spring-loaded ejector slidably carried by said barrel and disposed forwardly of said magazine, a firing member carried by said ejector having an end disposed for movement in said barrel, a spring-pressed trigger mounted in said gun and releasably engageable with said ejector for releasably holding the latter in firing position closely adjacent said magazine, and means connected to said ejector and movable therewith with an end portion extending into said magazine for shifting an airplane forwardly from said magazine and along said guide extension to the firing position of said ejector whereby the latter upon release from said trigger will discharge said airplane from said barrel and simultaneously move another airplane from said magazine to a firing position.

LARRY I. VAALER. INGVALD J. HAGEMO.

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